Posts by JonGuildford 3 publicly visible posts • joined 29 Aug 2012
"PayPal has a responsibility to ensure [...] that consumers who contribute to these campaigns understand where their money is going."
No it doesn't. PayPal has a responsibility to send money exactly where I tell them to as soon as possible. The responsibility to educate users falls on the crowd source site / project. They have no more business sticking their beak in here than Visa has declining a payment because the food in my basket is unhealthy.
Most businesses are too busy doing business to get actively involved in lobbying. A stupid law is a stupid law. If 20 web developers had been asked about this law the stupidity would have become obvious & it wouldn't have gone though. It should be up to the law makers to get out of their office & speak to people & make sure there aren't serious holes in their logic.
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